Carriage-painter s jack



(No Model.)

E. COOK.

CARRIAGE PAANTERS JACK.

Patented Mw 30,1882.

INVENTOR MAM/ 5 ATTQRNBYS.

@Niven Smarrita Parenti* @erica EUGENE COOK, OF NASHVILLE, llIIUIIIGAN.

CARRIAGE-PAINTERS d/CK.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,558, dated May 30,1882. l I Application filed Novcmber 2, 1SS1. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Beit known that I, EUGENE Coon, of Nashville, in the county of Barry andState of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Carriage-Painters Jack; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is aside elevation of my improved carriage-painters jack. Fig. 2 is an endelevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a view ot' thejack adapted to supporta wheel, and Fig. 5 is a view of the cone-plug toi support a wheel.

'Ihe object of my invention is to construct a carriage-painteisjack forsupporting the body or wheels of a vehicle and raising or lowering andrevolving them and adjusting them to an y desired angle `while beingcoated, rubbed, striped, or varnished, thereby greatly facilitatingthese operations; and to these ends my invention consists of a hollowinteriorly screwthreaded socket or tube supported on a suitable base andadapted to receive and engage with a screw-threaded shaft, to the upperend of which is secured, by a double knuckle-joint provided withclamping-bolts, a frame for supporting a carriage-body, and devices forsecuring the body to the supporting-frame, whereby the body can beraised or lowered or re# volved or adjusted to any desired angle andclamped in that position for the purpose ot' facilita-ting the coating,rubbing, striping, or varnishing of the body.

My invention further consists in certain details of constructionhereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, a represents a socket or tubescrew-threaded interiorl y near its upper end, and having its lower endsecured to a suitable base, b, preferably of circular form, and providedwith screw-holes, whereby the base and its socket may be secured to thefloor of a building.

c represents a shaft screw-threaded near its lower end, and adapted tobe screwed up and down in the tube or socket c, a sleeve or shoulderbeing secured to the lower end of the shaft c to prevent it from beingscrewed out of the tube or socketI a. The serew-shaftc is provided atits upper end with a bifurcated head, Least or formed with said shaft.

li represents a metallic block, having a tenon at its lower end adaptedto tit between the bifureations in the head d, and provided with a holefor the passage ot' a clamping-bolt, i, screw-threaded at one end andprovided with ahaudle,7.'. Theclamping-boltipassesthrough opposite holesin the bifurcations in the head d and through the hole in the tenou ofthe block, and its screw-threaded end engages with threads cutin oneofthe holesin one of the bifurcations. rIhelowereud oftheteuonofthebloek h is rounded to allow the block h to turn freely in thebifurcated head. By this construction the block is pivoted to thebifuroated head,and can be clamped at any desired angle. The upper faceof 'the metallic block h is provided with a threaded central hole, l,adapted to receive the threaded end of a cone-shaped plug, m, providedwith a shoulder, u, and short shaft o. rIlhe plug m is screwed into thevcentral hole, Z, in the upper face ofthe block h, and the hub of a wheelto be striped or coated or varnished is placed over the short shaft o,which is provided with a hole near its outer end for the passage of aremovable cross-pin, whereby the wheel is retained on the short shaft o,and may be revolved thereon. By this construction it will be seen that awheel secured on the block h, as set forth, can be raised or lowered, asdesired, by screwing up or down the shaft c, and that the wheel can alsobe revolved on the shaft c as an axis, and can be coated or striped orvarnished on one side, and its pivoted supporting-block h swung over onehundred and eighty degrees by its knuckle-joint connection with thebifurcated head d, and be coated or striped on its opposite side, andthat the wheel may be adjusted to any desired angle and clamped in anyposition by the clampin g-bolt t'.

In order to coat, rub, or varnish a vehiclebody, I have invented thefollowing construction, adapted to be applied to the above-describeddevices, which I shall now proceed to describe.

'Ille metallic block his provided with a hole passing through it atright angles to the clamping-bolt fi, for the passage of a secondclampin g-bolt, p, which also passes through opposite IOO p, providedwith a handle.

io joint, and is capable of being adjusted in any desired position andsecured in such position by the clamping-bolts, and can also be turnedaround in the socket or raised and lowered as desired.

The frame r is composed of two parallel central longitudinal pieces, s,with a slot, t, between them, and two pieces, u u, secured to the endsofthe longitudinal pieces, and at right angles thereto, and hollowed outbetween the longitudinal pieces for the reception of a board screwed orotherwise secured to the bottom of the vehicle-body.

e e represent levers provided with cams at their inner ends, whichlevers are pivoted to one of the longitudinal pieces s near its ends.

When it is desired to coat, rub, stripe, or varnish a wheel the frame 1'is removedv by withdrawingthe clamping-boltp,andrhewheel is secured tothe adjustable block 7L by means of the cone-plug m. If it is desired tocoat, rub, or varnish a vehicle-body, the wheel and cone-plug areremoved and the lugs of the frame r are pivoted to the block h by meansof the clamping-bolt p. A board is then screwed or otherwise securedacross the bottom ot' the vehiclebody at its middle and the boardinserted in the slot t between the longitudinal parallel pieces s. Thecam-levers e are then applied to the board to secure it and thevehiclebody to the frame r, and the body thus secured to the frame maybe raised or lowered or turned in the socket or adjusted to any desiredangle and clamped in any desired position, thereby greatly facilitatingthe process of coating, rubbing, and varnishing the body.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination,wth a frame, r,adapted to support and be secured to a vehicle-body, of a threadedshaft, c, engaging in an interiorly-threaded socket or tube, a, andconnected with the frame 1' by auniversal joiut,substan tially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. rI he combination, with the socket or tube a, interiorly threadednear its upper end, and shaft c, provided with a bifurcated head, d, andthreaded near its lower end and fitting in said socket, of the tenonedblock h, frame r, provided with the lugs q q, and clamping-bolts tp,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the socket or tube a, interiorly threaded near itsupper end, shaft c, provided with a bifurcated head, d, and fitting insaid socket, tenoned block It, clamping-bolt 1', and cone-plug mi,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The frame r, composed of the parallel longitudinal pieces s, with a.slot, t, between them, perforated lugs q q, hollowed end pieces, u u,and cam-levers c fv, substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

EUGENE COOK.

\Vitn esses:

J. L. STEVENS, E. PARADY.

